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The United States Armed Forces are the federal military forces of the United States. They consist of the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard. The President of the United States is the military's overall head, and helps form military policy with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), a federal executive department, acting as the principal organ by which military policy is carried out.
From the time of its inception, the military played a decisive role in the history of the United States. A sense of national unity and identity was forged as a result of victory in the First Barbary War and the Second Barbary War. Even so, the Founders were suspicious of a permanent military force. It played an important role in the American Civil War, where leading generals on both sides were picked from members of the United States military. Not until the outbreak of World War II did a large standing army become officially established. The National Security Act of 1947, adopted following World War II and during the Cold War's onset, created the modern U.S. military framework; the Act merged previously Cabinet-level Department of War and the Department of the Navy into the National Military Establishment (renamed the Department of Defense in 1949), headed by the Secretary of Defense; and created the Department of the Air Force and National Security Council.
Coordinates: 40°N 100°W / 40°N 100°W / 40; -100
The United States of America (USA), commonly referred to as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major territories and various possessions. The 48 contiguous states and Washington, D.C., are in central North America between Canada and Mexico. The state of Alaska is in the northwestern part of North America and the state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific. The territories are scattered about the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. At 3.8 million square miles (9.842 million km2) and with over 320 million people, the country is the world's third or fourth-largest by total area and the third most populous. It is one of the world's most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, the product of large-scale immigration from many countries. The geography and climate of the United States are also extremely diverse, and the country is home to a wide variety of wildlife.
Coordinates: 33°N 65°E / 33°N 65°E / 33; 65
Afghanistan i/æfˈɡænᵻstæn/ (Pashto/Dari: افغانستان, Afġānistān), officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located within South Asia and Central Asia. It has a population of approximately 32 million, making it the 42nd most populous country in the world. It is bordered by Pakistan in the south and east; Iran in the west; Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan in the north; and China in the far northeast. Its territory covers 652,000 km2 (252,000 sq mi), making it the 41st largest country in the world.
Human habitation in Afghanistan dates back to the Middle Paleolithic Era, and the country's strategic location along the Silk Road connected it to the cultures of the Middle East and other parts of Asia. Through the ages the land has been home to various peoples and witnessed numerous military campaigns; notably by Alexander the Great, Muslim Arabs, Mongols, British, Soviet Russians, and in the modern-era by Western powers. The land also served as the source from which the Kushans, Hephthalites, Samanids, Saffarids, Ghaznavids, Ghorids, Khiljis, Mughals, Hotaks, Durranis, and others have risen to form major empires.
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This contains footage of US Soldiers, US Marines and Afghan National Army Soldiers during combat operations against Taliban forces and patrol missions. The locations varies from crop field, village street and mountains. Footage was shot in various locations in the Kandahar Province, Kunar Province, Helmand Province, Afghanistan 2010 - 2012. *DISCLAIMER* This footage is not meant to be violent in any way. I am only sharing this footage for the purposes of news reporting and educating. ►Subscribe Now -- http://bit.ly/1iAy5UG ►Subscribe to our facebook page -- http://on.fb.me/1KDHp0B
*DISCLAIMER* This footage is not meant to be violent in any way. I am only sharing this footage for the purposes of news reporting and educating. The 2003 invasion of Iraq lasted from 20 March to 1 May 2003 and signaled the start of the Iraq War, which was dubbed Operation Iraqi Freedom by the United States (prior to 19 March, the mission in Iraq was called Operation Enduring Freedom, a carryover from the War in Afghanistan).The invasion consisted of 21 days of major combat operations, in which a combined force of troops from the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and Poland invaded Iraq and deposed the Ba'athist government of Saddam Hussein. The invasion phase consisted primarily of a conventionally fought war which concluded with the capture of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad by A...
The cameraman had this to say to after submitting the footage to FUNKER530: This patrol was a relief in place and I was on point leading the new guys in for the RIP. We hadn't taken much contact in this area, and it was generally considered a "safe" zone in Logar Province. We patrolled the area frequently, and the locals would regularly thank us for pushing the Taliban away from their village so they could live their daily lives without constant threat. The Taliban that we came across during this patrol were actually setting up to shoot down our new surveillance balloon that was launched in the area. The balloon caught the entire fight on camera from above, which confirmed that we killed 3 Taliban fighters during this engagement. I saw the first guy shoulder his RPG, take a knee, and p...
US soldiers were seen flying helicopters at the base in Makhmur, 50 kilometres (31 miles) away from Irbil. This came as a Pentagon spokesman said that more than 100 US troops are embedded with Iraqi forces, including the Kurdish Peshmerga, as they advance toward Mosul. The spokesman, Navy Captain Jeff Davis, told reporters that the Americans are "well back" from the front lines as they advise the Iraqis and perform other tasks such as relaying information received from frontline Iraqis about potential Islamic State targets for coalition airstrikes. Some hundreds of other US troops are in support roles such as processing intelligence and providing logistical help from Iraqi staging bases. Davis said US warplanes are supporting the Iraqis, as expected, and that American artillery is being us...
Please open the description for more information. *DISCLAIMER* This footage is part of an war archive of the war in Afghanistan and should be viewed as educational. This footage is not meant to glorify war or violence. I am only sharing this footage for the purposes of news reporting and educating. This is a war documentary. War in Afghanistan - US Troops Combat Footage during Firefights and Clashes Against Taliban forces. The war in Afghanistan or the American war in Afghanistan was the period in which the United States invaded Afghanistan after the September 11 attacks. Supported initially by close allies, they were later joined by NATO beginning in 2003. It followed the Afghan Civil War's 1996–2001 phase. Its public aims were to dismantle al-Qaeda and to deny it a safe base of operati...
The Philippine’s president says US troops “have to go,” telling them to get out of his country’s south. He blames American soldiers for inflaming tensions with the local Muslim population, saying they would “never have peace” with a US military presence. READ MORE: http://on.rt.com/7p34 RT LIVE http://rt.com/on-air Subscribe to RT! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=RussiaToday Like us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/RTnews Follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/RT_com Follow us on Instagram http://instagram.com/rt Follow us on Google+ http://plus.google.com/+RT Listen to us on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/rttv RT (Russia Today) is a global news network broadcasting from Moscow and Washington studios. RT is the first news channel to break the 1 billion YouT...
IED attacks and Mortar attacks on US soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan wars filmed by soldiers under fire.
A Marine Corps cameraman gives us a rare glimpse of Marines fighting off at Taliban attack in Afghanistan.
15 min footage of U.S. Soldiers(Marines and Army) during operations in Afghanistan. In this video, you'll see close combat and artillery barrage. *DISCLAIMER* This footage is not meant to be violent in any way. I am only sharing this footage for the purposes of news reporting and educating. ►Subscribe Now -- http://bit.ly/1iAy5UG ►Subscribe to our facebook page -- http://on.fb.me/1KDHp0B
The video shows U.S. Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) and 1st Battalion, 182nd Field Artillery Regiment, fire a M777 howitzer from Kara Soar Base Iraq, during an operation in support of the Iraqi Army, 2016. Fire missions are one way the coalition enables the Iraqi Army to defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. The M777 howitzer is a towed 155mm artillery piece, since 2005 successor to the M198 howitzer in the United States Marine Corps and United States Army. ►Subscribe Now -- http://bit.ly/1iAy5UG ►Subscribe to our facebook page -- http://on.fb.me/1KDHp0B
US Troops conduct training exercise in Israel and also 1,700 more US Military personnel due to arrive in Israel for Technology exercises. No comment on the second drills has been released to the public, and though it said there is direct purpose for the joint drills it is obvious The US is their to help guard their ally.
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In 2014, Islamic State militants swept into Western Iraq's Anbar Province, overrunning Iraqi security forces, enslaving minorities, and causing thousands to flee for their lives. The jihadist group captured Iraq’s largest city, Mosul, and the cities of Ramadi and Fallujah, where hundreds of US troops died fighting the Islamic State’s predecessor. Now, two years later, the Iraqi security forces, with help from Iranian-supported Shiite militias and US military advisors and warplanes, are fighting to take back towns and cities in Anbar, one battle at a time. But it’s a difficult task: Anbar has been the crucible of Iraq’s insurgency, and is the country’s Sunni heartland — long marginalized by and hostile to the Shiite-led government in Baghdad. VICE News embedded with Iraq’s Golden Di...